I have ONE famous friend. Does she look familiar? It's Neleh Dennis, 2nd runner up on SURVIVOR (4th season, Marquesas). She made the phrase "Oh my Heck" popular and took her scriptures as her one item on the show. If you Google her name, 109,000 hits show up!
She and her husband moved to my town about 3-4 years ago. Her hubby worked as a news anchor on our local TV station while Neleh raised her two sweet little boys. We were in the same ward (congregation). She also cut everyone's hair in town. Her family has moved and I miss her and her haircuts A LOT!!
To read more about Neleh on Wikipedia click here.
I also have ONE "Up and Coming" Famous Friend: The Artist Jen Vranes.
This is a shot of my two celebrity friends, Neleh and Jen, TOGETHER!!
Most of the reason we took the Adult-Only Idiart Trip was to help Jen at a Big Art Show in NYC. Neleh went also, to help sell the paintings. Jen and Neleh are standing in front of one of my favorite Lavender Field pieces.
This cute shot is of Jen, My sister-in-law, Christine (she probably could have been a WORLD FAMOUS Olympian Gymnast, but she chose straight motherhood, instead) and Neleh in NYC. I think they were designer knock-off purse shopping in some scary back-alley China Town shop.
Jen's NYC Dream Sales Team: Damian (My hottie honey), Neleh, Matt (Jen's hunky hubby), Jen, Jared and Aaron, (My handsome brother-in-laws). Jen and Matt invited the two youngest Idiarts first, and then threw Damian in as a consolation prize. JusTea was at the MBA program in Utah, although he and Tea flew out to party with us, too!
One night we all went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It looks like Matt has two polygamous wives (Jen and Neleh) Neleh's husband had to stay home and take care of the babies!
One morning, I slept in or went to an art museum alone and these gals went to try and get on the Today Show. I think they sat out in the cold from 5-8am or something crazy like that. . . and they ALMOST got on. They look so cute, and COLD. Check out their new "designer" purses, they're really HOT! The art show was a success for Jen's business and career. I went to see all the art and watched Jane Seymor at her art booth, for awhile. I'll post more about her tomorrow!
It was so fun to party with all my sister-in-laws during the day while all our hubbies worked with Jen and Neleh. We toured the city, ate great food, bought about 50 fake purses to sell to our friends, went to museums, the Manhattan temple and Broadway Matinees. What a great trip!
6 comments:
I'm so jealous that you got to know Neleh so well! I was so obsessed with watching her on Survivor. She did such a great job. I don't have any famous friends...Wait! Yes I do! My roommate freshman year at BYU was Elizabeth Eyring, daughter of Henry B. Does that make me cool like you?
Love the post...you'll have to email Neleh and tell her about it. But just FYI...it was the Regis and Kelly Show actually...and yes we were 3 away from getting on! Oh well...it was a fun and memorble experience freezing our little tishys off!
Awesome people. Just awesome. Someday, I want to be famous and have my autograph be worth a million dollars like them...and like you, just for knowing them!
p.s. I didn't even see the gymnast comment at first...you are too kind. I'm glad someone thinks I could have been an Olympian...but most people won't believe you after seeing this picture with my 3 chins! Talk about face fat! Maybe you should have just cropped my out of that one. Anyway...oh i was going to tell your friend Jennie that I knew Elizabeth Eyring too! We grew up in the same town and her brother John and my sister Debbie were best friends all through High School...Elder Eyring even calls her Deb to this day! Oh and I took a sewing class with Elizabeth and her little sister Mary. I will always remember that she made her own swimsuit! I could only make shorts...and a scrunchy...do you remember those? The things we used to put in our hair - we also called them smooshies...I guess I have the 80's thing in my head...so you know the big Couples Halloween party is this weekend at Kari's and its an 80's theme! You better come since you were the 80's PROM QUEEN with all that big Hair of yours! I have an idea...maybe you should come as a computer and put that shot of you in your blue prom dress as the screensaver! Oh ...one more thing...whats with the Justea thing? Do you call Tiffany Tea now to keep her identity priavate...o0ps did i just blow the cover!?!
Wow, between you and your hubby, you know way too many celebs (and they are all LDS!). And you travel like a famous person too! I have to admit that I wish we could travel like you do. This painter friend is the one that Josh takes his lessons from right?
I miss Neleh and her hair cuts too. I told her she was never allowed to move but she isn't a very good listener :) Looks liks you guys had a blast.
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